Duffield Evangelical Baptist Church is located on its own in a triangle of land off Town street where it turns off to Makeney Road.
This chapel was built in 1830 although Baptists have been worshipping in Duffield since 1810. The building is listed under the 1962 Town and County Planning Act as of special architectural interest.
In 1932 the A6 main road was widened, and about seven feet taken off the width of the burial ground. It was not until 1958 that the scattered gravestones were all repositioned, mainly along the church wall; and the whole area levelled. The name of the church was amended in 1970 and is now known as the Evangelical Baptist Church.
Weblink: Duffield Evangelical Church Website
MEMORIALS INSIDE THE GENERAL BAPTIST CHAPEL
- THOMAS ABELL Died May 30 1915 Aged 71 Years Organist of this church for 55 years, Deacon and Secretary for 50 years and Superintendent of the Sunday Schools 45 years. (Marble Tablet)
- MISS MARTHA (PATTIE) BOWMER 1865-1950. (Inscription carved on two oak chairs.)
- WILFRED JENNENS MILLS August 31st 1929 (Brass tablet on oak table.)
- JOSEPH BOWER died July 14th 1945.
- WILLIAM ABELL November 24th 1847 65 Deacon
- JOHN TAYLOR Dec 12 1837 Aged 86 Deacon of the church, the chief contributor to the erection of this place, invested in the. hands of Trustees for the use of the new connextion of the general baptists formed in 1770. Died in peace (Marble Tablet)
- MARY KEBLE WHITTINGHAM 1876-1955 (Brass Vase)
- JOSEPH BOWMER memorial table. July 1945.(Brass Vase.)
BURIAL GROUND
| Arrabella | STANLEY | Daughter Of John & Elizth Stanley | May 23 | ---- | 51 |
| Sara | ADAMS | Wife of Edwin Adams | Mar 11 | 1840 | 22 |
| Richard | WELDEN | Husb of Sara | Aug 19 | 1858 | 68 |
| Hannah | WELDEN | Wife Of Richard | Mar 8 | 1863 | 67 |
| Sarah | MORLEY | Wife Of Saml Dau of William & Ruth | Apr 13 | 1841 | 35 |
| Samuel | MORLEY | Husb Of Sarah | Jan 29 | 1870 | 64 |
| Stephen | TAYLOR | Minister Of The Gospel in This And Other Places | Feb 22 | 1876 | 67 |
| Mary | TAYLOR | Dec 21 | 1868 | 90 | |
| Robert | YEOMANS | Son Of William And Ann Of Chevin | Feb 24 | 1858 | 6 |
| Ralph Lawrence | FLETCHER | Born 1902 | 1966 | ||
| Joseph | FROST | Sep 21 | 1837 | 39 | |
| Ann | FROST | His Wife | Feb 21 | 1863 | 59 |
| Olive | FROST | Their Daughter | Dec 6 | 1855 | 19 |
| Catherine | BROWN | Wife Of Francis | Nov 21 | 1865 | 62 |
| Francis | BROWN | Dec 10 | 1877 | 76 | |
| Rebecca Anne | ABELL | Daughter Of The Late John And Rebecca | Nov 8 | 1891 | 44 |
| Herbert Arthur | ABELL | Eldest Son Of Thomas And The Late Annie Of Duffield;Born November 16th 1868 | Jun 7 | 1911 | |
| John | FLETCHER | Apr 28 | 1866 | 13 | |
| Mary Ann | FLETCHER | Oct 26 | 1867 | 3yr 6 mths | |
| John | KENNEDY | Late Of Dunbarton; Died At Milford | Nov 22 | 1852 | 74 |
| Annie | ABELL | Wife Of Thomas | Mar_2 | 1874 | 26 |
| John | LEEDHAM | Brother Of Annie Abell | May 3 | 1880 | 31 |
| John | DEXTER | Oct 2 | 1904 | 77 | |
| Rebekah | DEXTER | Wife of John | Oct 11 | 1911 | 88 |
| Mary Ann | HOBSON | Wife Of Matthew | Nov -- | 1881 | |
| Mary Ann | APPLEYARD | Feb 6 | 1895 | 82 | |
| Martha | LEEDHAM | Sister Of MaryAnn Appleyard | Jul 9 | 1895 | 80 |
| Thomas | LEEDHAM | Husband of Martha | Aug 5 | 1893 | 80 |
| John | ABELL | Nov 8 | 1874 | 60 | |
| Rebecca | ABELL | Wife of John | Oct 22 | 1887 | 67 |
| Mary | JENNENS | Wife Of Samuel Of Duffield | July 1 | 1875 | 69 |
| Samuel | JENNENS | Jan 9 | 1892 | 92 | |
| John | JENNENS | Son Of Saml | Nov 21 | 1879 | 45 |
| Abraham | WINSON | Of Makeney | Jul 8 | 187 | 64 |
| Mary | MOSELEY | Wife Of William; Only Surviving Daughter Of The Late William Abell Of Duffield | Oct 1 | 1881 | 59 |
| Robert | TAFT | May 31 | 1867 | 53 | |
| Hannah | TAFT | Widow Of Robt Taft | Feb 7 | 1900 | 95 |
| Edith Jane | DAVIDSON | Grand-Daughter of Robt and Hannah Taft | Jan 31 | 1898 | 3 |
| Annie | GOPSILL | Sep 1 | 1908 | ||
| William | BAINBRIGGE | Son Of George & Elizabeth | Feb 14 | 1904 | 4 |
| Joseph | EYRE | Late Of Milford | Dec 12 | 1876 | 64 |
| Ellen | EYRE | Wife of Joseph | Jul 19 | 1881 | 70 |
| Christopher | COCKER | Feb 22 | 1921 | 81 | |
| Alice | COCKER | Wife Of Christopher | May 2 | 1901 | 56 |
| William Singleton | WILLDER | Jan ll | 1880 | 52 | |
| Elizabeth | WILLDER | Wife Of William Singleton | Jul 28 | 1880 | 71 |
| Margaret | MILLS | Mar 19 | 1870 | 17 days. | |
| Emily Gertrude | MILLS | Born March 28th 1873 | Mar 27 | 1877 | |
| Lucy | FLINT | Wife Of George Of Windley | Nov 10 | 1885 | 47 |
| John | HERBERT | Son of George & Lucy | Nov 16 | 1883 | 8 |
| James | EVELYN | Son of George & Lucy | Dec 21 | 1881 | 6 mth |
These Memorial Inscriptions appear by kind permission of the Derbyshire Family History Society. Their website is located HERE. Books, fiches and other materials on Belper, as well as other Derbyshire districts, may be obtained from the Society.
